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l T C SALVBTBR. 'Railway Draw-Bar. No. 224,358. Patented Fp. 1o, 18801.

N.PETERS. PHOT0UTHDGRAEHEM WASHINGTONy D. C4 y UNITED STATES NPATinvfr t OFFICE.'

THEODOBE G. SALVETER, OF ST. CHARLES, MISSOURI, A S'SIGNOR 0F' ONE- HALF OF HIS RIGHT T() ROBERTH. PARKS, OF SAME PLAGE.

RALLWAYl DRAw'- BAR.

SPECIFICATION forming `)part of Letters Patent No. 224,358, datedFebruary 10, 1880.

Application nieu cotone;` so, 1879.

1o taken through a car having the improvement;-

Fig. 2, a plan of the end Vof the car, the flooring being removed; Fig. 3, a cross-,section taken on the line a' a' of Fig. 2; Fig. 4, a lon gitudinal section taken through a draw-head Fig. 5, cross-sections taken on the lines .fr and fyof Fig. 4; Fig. 6, a plan of a draw-head5V Fig., 7, views ofthe block used for ytllin g the space in the draw-head above the draftrod;Fig. 8, views of the key used in locking the draft-rod zo in the drawlhead; Fig. 9, views of the sleeve which is around the draft-rod within the spring; and Fig. l0, views of the swivel used to connect the portions of the draft-rod, being, re-

spectively, a horizont-al and a vertical section.

The same letters denote the same parts.

This invention has relation to the drawheads ofthe car, their construction, and mode of unitingy them.

ReferringL to the drawingsA represents a 3o car having the improvement, and which, saving as modified by the improvement, may be of the` usual form and construction, and which, also, may be either a freight or passenger car.

B B represent the draw-heads. G GLC2 rep- 3 resent the .draft-rod, it being made in sections,

the parts C C connecting, respectively, with the draw-heads B B', and the partsC'G C2 being connected together by means ofthe swivels D D. The latter are elongated, as shown 4o in Figs. l, 2, 10, partly to enable the sections C G' to be moved freely inward `from the ends of the car without compressing the central por-` tion of the rod, and partly to provide for clearing the kin g-bolts `E E, which are arranged in their usual places, passing from the iioor vof the car down through the transoms F F and swivels D D, as shown in Fig. 1, the swivels being wide enough to admit the bolts and'long venough to provide ample space between the 5o bolts and the headsc c of the sections C C( for the latter to move in without coming in contact with the bolts.

The rodis connected with the draw-heads as follows: The parts C G are provided with heads c2 c2, and the draw-heads are slotted at 55 b, theshape of the slot corresponding to that of the rod, as shown in Figs. 4, 5, 6. The rods are dropped into the slots, and there fastened by means of a key, b, which is passed through the draw-head above the rods, as in Figs. 4 6o and 6, and secured in place by a pin, b2. The advantage of this connection is, that with a given size of draw-head the union is a stronger one than when, as is customary, the draft-rod is attened at the end andis held in the draw- 6 head by means of a pin passing through the draw-head and through a perforation in they atteued end of the rod. The usual spring G is interposed between the Vdraw-head and chaf- Ving-plateH. A sleeve, Linade in two parts, 7o

ii, encircles the rod withinthe spring, and serves to keep the latter centrally in place. A filling-block, K, may be used to till the space in the slot b above the rod. 4

In the present improvement the draftltimbers L L extend from one chaling-plate, H, to the other chang-plateH, and are brought much nearer each other, a space of two inches apart being thepreferred practice. This provides room for the draft-rod, and also brings 8o the timbers substantially in line with and between the draw-heads.

The` 4advantages of this construction are, that crushing strains,as well as pulling strains, are much better sustained. It also provides for readily inspecting and vreaching the drawheads, as the timbers donot, as hitherto has been the practice, extend out alongside the draw-heads. A continuous draft-timber also materially aids in strengthening and stiffening 9o the car and in increasing its carrying capacity.

The draft-timbers may be bolted to the sills a a, or they may, as shown, be made in one piece with the sills, and, saving when they areintended to sustain an inward thrust upon the` draw-heads, they may be spaced farther apart than as shown.

I claimf 1. The combination of the draw-heads B B', sections'G C G2, and swivels D D, said sections 10o slipping in said swivels and said swivels re- 4. The combination of the draw-head B, hav ceiving the king-bolts, substantially as deing the slot I), key b, and the rod C, having scribed. the head a2, said slot being shaped to receive 2. The combination, in a ear, of the rodsG the head of the rod, substantially as described. 15 C2, swivel D, and bolt E, said rods slipping Witness my hand this 6th October, 1879. in said swivel and said bolt passing' through the swivel, substantially as described. T. C. SALVETER.

3. The combination of the rods C02, swivel D, bolt E, and transom F, said rods slipping in and said bolt passing through said swivel, substantially as described.

Witnesses:

GHAs. D. MOODY, THOMAS B. SMITH. 

